A federal judge blocked a Florida law that would penalise social media companies for blocking a politician’s posts, a blow to conservatives’ efforts to respond to Facebook and other websites’ suspension of former president Donald Trump. The law was due to go into effect on Thursday, but in issuing a Continue Reading
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LuckyMouse Hackers Target Banks, Companies and Governments in 2020 – Tempemail
An adversary known for its watering hole attacks against government entities has been linked to a slew of newly detected intrusions targeting various organizations in Central Asia and the Middle East. The malicious activity, collectively named “EmissarySoldier,” has been attributed to a threat actor called LuckyMouse, and is said to Continue Reading
Zoom refuseniks: why companies are banning constant video calls | Zoom
Name: Zoom refuseniks. Age: One year old, give or take. Appearance: Don’t know. They won’t log on, so no one can see them. But I love Zoom calls. No, you don’t. No one loves videoconferencing. No one loves finding a tidy part of their house, or brushing their hair, or Continue Reading
Caroline Flack’s mum says social media companies ‘fail to protect anybody’- Tempemail
Television and radio presenter Flack died by suicide in February 2020, at the age of 40. “When I was young, if you were bullied at school you could get away from it,” said the star’s mother. “You can’t get away from it now because it follows you home, it follows Continue Reading
Why do companies fail to stop breaches despite soaring IT security investment? – Tempemail
Let’s first take a look back at 2020! Adding to the list of difficulties that surfaced last year, 2020 was also grim for personal data protection, as it has marked a new record number of leaked credentials and PI data. A whopping 20 billion records were stolen in a single Continue Reading
‘Record companies have me on a dartboard’: the man making millions buying classic hits | Music
Merck Mercuriadis had a good Christmas. On Christmas Day, the No 1 song in the UK was LadBaby’s Don’t Stop Me Eatin’, a novelty cover version of Journey’s 1981 soft-rock anthem Don’t Stop Believin’. It replaced Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You, which had topped the chart Continue Reading
Drug companies look to AI to end ‘hit and miss’ research | Pharmaceuticals industry
The hunt for new medicines has often been more like a game of roulette than high-end science. But now the pharmaceutical sector is on the cusp of a transformation, as it delves into cutting-edge technology to come up with new treatments for diseases such as cancer, rheumatoid arthritis and Alzheimer’s. Continue Reading
Dependency Confusion Supply-Chain Attack Hit Over 35 High-Profile Companies – Tempemail
In what’s a novel supply chain attack, a security researcher managed to breach over 35 major companies’ internal systems, including that of Microsoft, Apple, PayPal, Shopify, Netflix, Yelp, Tesla, and Uber, and achieve remote code execution. The technique, called dependency confusion or a substitution attack, takes advantage of the fact Continue Reading
vCISO Shares Most Common Risks Faced by Companies With Small Security Teams – Tempemail
Most companies with small security teams face the same issues. They have inadequate budgets, inadequate staff, and inadequate skills to face today’s onslaught of sophisticated cyberthreats. Many of these companies turn to virtual CISOs (vCISOs) to provide security expertise and guidance. vCISOs are typically former CISOs with years of experience Continue Reading
Experts Uncover Malware Attacks Against Colombian Government and Companies – Tempemail
Cybersecurity researchers took the wraps off an ongoing surveillance campaign directed against Colombian government institutions and private companies in the energy and metallurgical industries. In a report published by ESET on Tuesday, the Slovak internet security company said the attacks — dubbed “Operation Spalax” — began in 2020, with the Continue Reading